The garden at Knole is only open on certain days and I keep picking the wrong day to visit. So this is just a sneak preview of the garden through a gateway.
Archive for the tag 'Knole'
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent August 2011
Garden Glimpse
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 16th 2012
Filed under Holidays, Kent August 2011, Science & Nature
Knole Deer
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 15th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent August 2011
Architecture 100 :: 11 – Knole House
The home of the Sackville-Wests:
The house is now in the care of the National Trust; however, the Trust only owns the house and about 43 acres (170,000 m2) of the park. Considerably more than half the house is still home to the Sackville-Wests. Lord Sackville and his family still own the gardens and the rest [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 13th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Knole
Knole is the home of the Sackville family and was the childhood home of Vita Sackville-West and she loved it with a passion. The house passed down through the male line of the family so due to a technicality Vita was unable to inherit the house:
‘Sissinghurst and and St Loup are my spiritual [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 18th 2010
